RIVA Solutions, Inc. (RIVA) invites you to Staying Connected at Chima in Tyson’s Corner on April 17, 2013. Mix and mingle with 150+ of your favorite government and industry partners at the Federal Contracting Networking and Charity Event of the season. When: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 I 5:30-8:30 PM Where: Chima l Tyson’s Favorite WateringRead… Read more »
1) Virtual engagements will become the norm – Immersive Virtual Environments (IVR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Digital Web-based Platforms (DWbP) will take off like a rocket this year. Immersive Virtual Environments (IVR) – all virtual and/or hybrid (both in-person and online happening simultaneously) instances will likely start out hot this year in the events domain.Read… Read more »
What’s your take on what should be discussed? An online event on February 7, 2013 from 10:00am-12:00 EST NEWS: Adam Arthur, Virtual Platform Initiative Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just added to the speaker roster. The conduct of vitally important government conferences has come under increasing fire in the past couple ofRead… Read more »
Happy New Year everybody! Hope you’ve had a lovely holiday and looking forward to the new 2013. We accomplished and overcome many things in 2012. We survived the end of the world, celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee, hosted the London Olympics and (most importantly) GOV.UK was launched! It’s been a good year – Express Yourself! ItsRead… Read more »
People, Profits, and So What? Virtual Events: State of the Sector A panel of experts debates the latest research on virtual conferences Thursday, May 31, 2:00pm – 3:15pm Eastern time Free Educational Webinar Series from iCohere 1.25 Hour CAE credit Space is strictly limited to 200 live attendees. No vendors please. Register Now Please joinRead… Read more »
If you’ve coordinated an event, you know the typical challenges. What are the topics you’ll cover? How do you keep participants informed and involved before and after the event? How do you increase participation? How do you build momentum for an event that’s months away? With restrained budgets and more pressure to justify attending anRead… Read more »
The nice thing about finally having a comprehensive event calendar in place is that now you can know in advance which conferences to follow each month. Here’s what’s coming up in March: ASPA 2012 Annual Conference (March 2–6, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV) CeBIT (March 6-10, 2012 in Hanover, Germany) South by South West InteractiveRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Startup DC in partnership with Startup America and Microsoft has announced Entreprelooza! is occuring on Tuesday, March 6th at what was previously a Borders bookstore on 18th and L St. NW in Washington, DC. It will be a 70,000 square foot celebration of all things geeky, startup, and entrepreneurial inRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Redmond, WA) — This week at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, WA (just outside Seattle), the company will host chief information officers and other IT professionals from the federal government, state and local governments, and the education and health communities. The event is called the U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit. For two daysRead… Read more »
You can leap into citizen-facing mobile strategies and other topics at our “Leap Year” Wikithon on Wednesday, February 29th from 3-5 in D.C.! Wikithons are gatherings of Mobile Gov professionals to create and develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki and discuss various mobile practices. The wikithon theme this time will be DATA and weRead… Read more »